QUICK-LINK 2008

STATE OF THE ART NC-CODE EDITING AND COMMUNICATIONS for PC-DNC

QUICK-LINK for WINDOWS provides a low-cost, NC-Editing, fast BI-directional machine data file transfer and storage solution for your machine tool controllers. QUICK-LINK includes a comprehensive list of powerful, easy to learn and use capabilities that provide the user with a flexible editing/verifying/DNC solution. Along with the ability to interface to other software applications.

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QUICK-LINK FEATURES:

• Easy to learn and use
• Huge editing capacity, edit several multi-megabyte files at once. Full 32 Meg File Editing
• Smart Editing - Knows your machine.
• For 32 Bit WINDOWS 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
• Advanced machine COMMUNICATIONS package. Includes advanced high speed protocols, and extensive customization options.
• Use with up to 16 Serial Ports (More can be added)
• Powerful NC-Commands for fast NC-Code changes
• Works with NC-files from any CAD/CAM system or utility.
• NC-Code macros — Standard sequences of blocks can be easily stored / retrieved
• File Comparison - Shows changes between two version of a file.
• Triangle Solver
• Pretty Printing - NC-Code listings enhanced for easier reading
• Fully upgradeable to QUICK-LINK DNC8 , our affordable, easy to install DNC system.
• Syntax Highlighting with Customizable Colors
• Customizable Editor Background Color
• Powerful Fanuc MACRO-B interpreter. Build, Test, and Debug MACRO-B Programs in QUICK-LINK, not at the Machine. Special Language Extensions Allow for Use as a General Purpose NC Calculation Language. Example: A General Bolt-Circle Macro is Included, Once Run and the Coordinates Calculated, the Code Can then be Reformatted for Any Machine, not just Machines With MACRO-B Capability.
• Centralized Setup of All QUICK-LINK Defaults
• One Step Backup/Restore for All DNC/Machine Settings.
• Print Machine Settings

Easy-to-use

Follows all WINDOWS interface standards. Extensive on-Line help is always available.

Specialized NC commands

Provides quick commands for re/un-sequencing NC block numbers, adjusting (mathematically) the tape registers, reformatting (changing the decimal, leading/trailing zero format), overriding the speeds & feeds, changing the start/end of every block, removing comments, adding / removing spaces, and creating columized listings.

Sample File Comparison

Customization

Setup defaults for each machine include, format information, communications parameters, default loading / saving, upload & download directories. Default file extension, Even store default answers for the special NC-Commands.

New Features in Quick-Link 2008

Full WINDOWS VISTA compatibility -- Works with all version of WINDOWS Vista: Home-Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, and Business

Completely new and updated Help -- Works with all the latest Help file standards. Contains double the information of previous versions!

Multiple Uploads -- Now upload several files to your machine tool at once, using a single command.

Handy Quick-Calc -- Built in simple desktop calculator.

System Security -- Quick-Link now includes a full password/user security system. Individual users are assigned a user name and a password. Each user can have specific "Privileges" turned on or off. For example you may want to limit a night shift user to be able to send and receive files, but not edit them. You may want strictly a manager to be able to change the system settings. A full activity log showing who did what and at what date and time.

Password Manager Dialog

Sample System Activity Log.

Jump to Tool Command -- Scans the NC-Code file for all tool changes and provides a quick way to jump directly to a specified tool.

Color Pretty Printing -- NC-Code Pretty printing is now supports color printers.

Default Directory Override -- If preferred, Up/Down loads can now be automatically routed to the "current" directory instead of the default directory for the current machine.

NC-Code Analyzer 2008 -- The NC-Code analyzer is now included with Quick-Link. A new command now integrates these two programs. Click on a single icon and the NC-Code Analyzer is started and your current NC-Code file and machine automatically loaded.

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